The Master of Science in Architecture Emerging Building Technologies (MS.Arch EBT) program encourages students to pursue research that envisions a hypothetical, potential architectural design solutions developed in tandem with expanding scientific knowledge. The curriculum for this program is situated within a realm of discovery by means of innovative hypotheses and rigorous scientific inquiry around the subject of emergent design processes, materials, and methods. Students interested in pursuing the Emerging Building Technology option are uninhibited, ambitious, and creative design-thinkers who will critically challenge prior knowledge in their respective fields of inquiry in order to envision innovative solutions for our built environment futures. The technological focus of student research incorporates emerging material investigations that may emphasize any or all of the following: environmental performance, digital fabrication, structural performance, response for resilience, ecological integration, and socio-cultural dynamics.
Knowledge formation in the EBT program occurs in three major areas: theory development, technical skills, and an independent research project. Depending upon a student's career interests, a particular aspect may be emphasized to a greater extent through the selection of courses. The potential outcomes of the MS.Arch EBT degree include employment in design and construction or in a consulting specialty, teaching or academic doctoral research, invention and commercialization of a building technology, industry specialization, socio-environmental technical assistance to underserved communities, and other, as yet uncharted, grounds for building technology careers or entrepreneurial endeavors.
